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--></style></head><body lang=FR link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Dear members of d-scribes mailing-list,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Some of you may be interested in this special issue.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>All the best<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Isabelle Marthot-Santaniello<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>d-scribes.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><h1><span lang=EN-US>Advances and New challenges in Document Analysis, processing and Recognition at the Dematerialization Age<o:p></o:p></span></h1><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.journals.elsevier.com/pattern-recognition-letters/call-for-papers/advances-and-new-challenges-in-document-analysis-processing-and-recognition-at-the-dematerialization-age" target="_blank">https://www.journals.elsevier.com/pattern-recognition-letters/call-for-papers/advances-and-new-challenges-in-document-analysis-processing-and-recognition-at-the-dematerialization-age</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p><b>Description of the issue </b><o:p></o:p></p><p>Document Analysis and Recognition (DAR) aims at the processing, extraction and recognition of information contained in documents and initially addressed to human comprehension. Almost all sectors (banks, public administrations, etc.) are living a digital transformation boosted by the current COVID pandemic emergency. Different technologies characterize this scenario: mobile devices, standard acquisition and processing tools, cloud computing, cybersecurity and privacy are just some examples. The document is now part of an integrated and extended system which not only considers it as a standalone element, but it is also linked to many different users and to other digital elements including other documents, metadata, digital contents, and database records.<o:p></o:p></p><p>This special issue is devoted to present and collect the most recent advances to process documents in the stand-alone modality as well as in an integrated and extended way.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Document indexing, Natural Language Processing, summarization and translation are crucial steps for digital document archiving and augmentation. Nevertheless, it is well known that digital document containing handwriting can convey very sensitive information about the writer: age, sex, emotion, identity and health status are just some examples. Under this light, the processing of these data is very relevant in many applications deserving specific investigation as well as privacy preserving.<o:p></o:p></p><p>Papers presenting reviews, alternative perspectives, new applications and methods in the field of DAR are welcome. Research contributions should have a significant advancement both in the state-of-the-art for document analysis as well as for machine learning and pattern recognition fields.<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Topics of interest </b><o:p></o:p></p><p>Topics of interest to this special issue include, but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Document Layout Analysis evaluation, recognition, semantic information extraction and benchmarking<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Camera-based document scanning, processing, segmentation, and recognition<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Document Understanding and information extraction<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Structured and unstructured documents processing<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Natural language processing, information extraction and retrieval<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Handwritten/printed document images, information extraction and retrieval<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Document Indexing<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Handwritten text recognition<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Document typeface, script and writing analysis and recognition<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Object detection and structure modeling: tables, forms, identification documents, drawn sketches, etc.<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Biometrics: writer identification and signature verification<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Soft biometrics and meta-data extraction and manipulation<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Deep Learning vs Shallow Learning techniques in real and benchmarking scenarios<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Real-time document analysis<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Interoperability of systems (e.g. cross dataset evaluations, standards,etc.)<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Document augmentation<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Human-Document Interaction<o:p></o:p></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>Large digital archives<o:p></o:p></li></ul><p><b>Deadlines </b><o:p></o:p></p><p>Submission period: 1-20 July-2022<o:p></o:p></p><p><b>Guest Editors </b><o:p></o:p></p><p>Dr. Donato Impedovo (ME) – University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Dr. Byron Leite Dantas Bezerra - University of Pernambuco (Brazil<b>)</b><o:p></o:p></p><p>Dr. Alejandro H. Toselli - Northeastern University (USA)<o:p></o:p></p><p>Dr. Giuseppe Pirlo - University of Bari Aldo Moro (Italy)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p><span lang=IT style='font-size:7.5pt'>___________________</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><b><span lang=IT style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#31849B'>Donato Impedovo</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin-bottom:12.0pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Associate Professor - Computer Engineering<br>Dept. of Computer Science<br>University of Bari (IT)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>_____________________________</span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p style='background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial'><span lang=IT style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Questo documento è indirizzato esclusivamente al destinatario. 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